Game 4 - Illinois 2016-17 Schedule/Results DATE: Thursday, November 24, 2016 Date Opponent Television Time/Results LOCATION: Barclays Center (18,103) in Brooklyn, N.Y. N11 Mount St. Mary’s ROOT SPORTS W/87-59 TIPOFF: 2:30 p.m. ET N14 Mississippi Valley State ROOT SPORTS W/107-66 SERIES: Illinois leads 3-1 N20 New Hampshire & ROOT SPORTS W/100-41 TV: ESPNU (Rich Hollenberg and Len Elmore) N24 vs. Illinois ^ ESPNU 2:30 p.m. Illinois RADIO: Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG (Tony Caridi & Jay Jacobs) - Sirius/XM 84 No. 19/17 West Virginia N25 vs. Florida St. or Temple ^ ESPN2 or ESPNU 12:30/3:00 p.m. OFFICIALS: Announced on game day N28 Manhattan & ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. Fighting Illini (4-1) Mountaineers (3-0) D3 at Virginia ESPNU 2:00 p.m. D7 vs. Western Carolina # ROOT SPORTS 7:00 p.m. No. 19/17 West Virginia Travels to New York for NIT Season Tip-Off D10 VMI ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • West Virginia and Illinois will meet for the fifth time in school history and for the first time in 50 years. D17 UMKC ROOT SPORTS 2:00 p.m. • WVU is 246-164 all-time in tournaments. Last year, WVU won the Las Vegas Invitational and won the Puerto Rico Tip- D20 Radford Nextar 7:00 p.m. Off in 2014. D23 Northern Kentucky ROOT SPORTS 4:00 p.m. • WVU was in the Preseason NIT in 1992 and in 1986. WVU lost at No. 4 Kentucky in 1992 and defeated No. 10 Auburn D30 at Oklahoma State * ESPN2 4:00 p.m. J3 at Texas Tech * ESPNEWS 9:15 p.m. before losing to St. John’s in the 1986 Preseason NIT in Hartford, Connecticut. J7 TCU * ESPNU 1:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins is in ninth place all-time on the NCAA Division I winningest coaches list. His record now stands at 794-321 J10 Baylor * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. in his 35th season as a head coach. Huggins needs 12 wins to tie Eddie Sutton for eighth place all-time. J14 at Texas * ESPN or ESPN2 4:00 p.m. • Huggins is the third-winningest active Division I coach behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. J18 Oklahoma * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has 27 20-win seasons and 16 25-win seasons in 34 seasons as a head coach. J21 at Kansas State * ESPN2 6:00 p.m. • Bob Huggins has wins over 34 ranked teams at WVU, including 12 wins over Top 10 teams. J24 Kansas * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU leads the country in steals per game (13.7), turnover margin (15.7) and turnovers forced (27.0). J28 Texas A&M $ ESPN Noon Jevon Carter leads the Big 12 Conference in steals, while Nathan Adrian leads the league in offensive rebounds. J31 at Iowa State * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • F4 Oklahoma State * ESPNU 5:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 106-30 in the WVU Coliseum under Bob Huggins, including a 55-26 mark in league games. F8 at Oklahoma * ESPN2 9:00 p.m. • WVU is 515-150 (.777) all-time at the WVU Coliseum and 147-36 at the WVU Coliseum in the last 13 seasons. F11 Kansas State * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon • WVU’s average margin of victory at home last year was +22.4. WVU averaged 83.3 points per game at home last year. F13 at Kansas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • Under Bob Huggins in the WVU Coliseum, WVU is averaging 79.0 ppg while holding its opponents to 61.9 ppg. F18 Texas Tech * ESPN or ESPN2 2:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 93-25 in non-conference regular season games under Bob Huggins, including a 51-4 mark at home. F20 Texas * ESPN 9:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 85-6 at home against non-conference teams in the last 14 years, including 66 of its last 70. F25 at TCU * ESPN or ESPN2 Noon/2:00 p.m. • West Virginia is 124-31 against non-conference teams in regular season games in the last 13 seasons. F27 at Baylor * ESPNU 7:00 p.m. M3 Iowa State * ESPN2 7:00 p.m. • WVU has won 109 of its last 137 non-conference games and 114 of its last 143 non-league contests (includes postseason). M8-11 Phillips 66 Big 12 Champ. ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU TBA • West Virginia has won 139 of its last 170 games against unranked teams, including 72 of its last 81 at the Coliseum. • West Virginia made its 27th appearance in the NCAA Championship last season, dating back to 1955. & NIT Season Tip-Off, Morgantown, W.Va. • WVU finished in second place in the Big 12 Conference regular season and postseason tournament. ^ NIT Season Tip-Off, Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. # Charleston, W.Va. • Last season, WVU made its seventh NCAA apperance in the last nine years and ninth appearance in the last 12 seasons. $ SEC/Big Challenge • WVU has made 12 postseason appearances in the last 13 years, including the NCAA Final Four in 2010. * Big 12 Conference game - All Times Eastern • WVU led the country last year with its bench averaging 33.3 ppg. • WVU’s bench has scored 30 or more in 24 of the last 30 games. This year’s team is averaging 49.7 points from the bench. • WVU shot 40 percent or better in 25 games last season, including eight games of 50 percent or higher. WVU Athletic Communications • WVU forced 30 or more turnovers in three games last season. WVU had at least seven steals in all but six games and Asst. Athletic Director/Communications .............Bryan Messerly forced 14 or more turnovers in all but five games. Email ....................................................bryan.messerly@mail.wvu.edu • The Mountaineers have been ranked 63 weeks in the AP poll under Bob Huggins, including 25 weeks in the AP Top Phone .........................................................................................304-293-2821 10. Huggins has had WVU ranked more weeks than any other coach in school history. Fred Schaus (1954-60) had WVU Twitter ......................................................@wvusidmess/@wvuhoops ranked for 60 weeks during his career. Web .........................................................................................WVUsports.com • Dating back to last year, WVU has been ranked for 19 consecutive weeks in the AP poll and 36 of the last 39 weeks in the AP rankings. • West Virginia has been ranked 83 weeks since Jan. 3, 2005 in the AP poll, and 196 weeks total in school history. Follow the Mountaineers on ... • The Mountaineers have won 44 of their last 45 games when holding opponents to 69 points or less. • WVU outrebounded its opponents on the offensive glass 575 to 312 in 2014-15 and 558 to 306 last season. • This season, WVU has forced 81 turnovers and grabbed 47 offensive rebounds in three games. • West Virginia has made at least one 3-point field goal in 561 consecutive games. • West Virginia has allowed its opponent to shoot 50 percent or better only 54 times under Bob Huggins (314 games). • WVU is 165-30 under Huggins when holding opponents to 69 points or less. WVU has won 54 of its last 56 and 110 of youtube/wvusports its last 121 games when holding opponents under 69 points. • West Virginia is 56-3 under Bob Huggins when shooting 50 percent or better from the field. • West Virginia is 158-27 under Bob Huggins when leading at halftime. • West Virginia is 166-16 under Bob Huggins when leading by 10 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 140-10 under Bob Huggins when posting a higher shooting percentage than its opponent. big12sports.com • The Mountaineers are 149-26 under Bob Huggins when scoring 70 or more points in a game. • West Virginia is 152-35 under Bob Huggins when outrebounding its opponent. • WVU is 6-1 all-time on Nov. 24 and 99-26 all-time in the month of November. Bob Huggins By The Numbers By School • Huggins is WVU’s 21st head basketball coach. 2 – Appearances in the NCAA Final Four (1992, 2010) School Tenure Won Lost Pct. Walsh 3 years 71 26 .732 • Huggins is a Morgantown native and a 1977 graduate of 3 – Times earning the Ray Meyer Award as the Conference USA West Virginia University. Coach of the Year (1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00); also named the Akron 5 years 97 46 .678 • Huggins has won 794 games in 35 seasons as a head Conference USA Coach of the Decade Cincinnati 16 years 399 127 .759 coach. 4 – Appearances in the NCAA Elite Eight (1992, 1993, 1996, 2010) Kansas State 1 year 23 12 .657 West Virginia 10 years 204 110 .650 • Huggins ranks third in total victories among active 5 – Conference Players of the Year (Danny Fortson – 1996 and Division I head coaches. 1997; Kenyon Martin – 2000; Steve Logan 2001 and 2002) • Huggins ranks ninth among the NCAA’s all-time 6 – Times named National Coach of the Year (1991-92 – Hoop Coaching Honors winningest coaches. Scoop, 1992-93 – Playboy, 1997-98 – Basketball Times, 1999-2000 – The Sporting News, 2001-02 – ESPN.com, 2014-15 – Jim Phelan 2014-15 Season • Huggins’ teams have participated in postseason play in 30 Award) Big 12 Coach of the Year of 34 seasons, including 22 NCAA Tournaments. 7 – Number of NCAA appearances at West Virginia (2008, 2009, National Coach of the Year (Jim Phelan Award) • His squads have won 20 or more games in all but seven 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016) West Virginia State Sportswriters Coach of the Year NABC District 8 Coach of the Year of his 34 campaigns, including 30 or more twice.